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Well, I ran out of my first batches of dishwasher detergent and laundry detergent yesterday.  As soon as the kiddos were down for their naps today, I grabbed my handy dandy book so I could try two new recipes.

How convenient that both recipes called for the same basic ingredients: baking soda, washing soda, and borax.  I also needed a bar of soap and some citric acid.  With my five ingredients in hand, I headed to the kitchen to make my detergents.

The dishwasher detergent took me all of 2 minutes to make.

2 cups washing soda

1 cup borax

1 cup baking soda

citric acid

Just measured everything out and dumped it all in a bowl.  Stirred everything together, and wall-ah!  My dishwasher is running as we speak.

The laundry detergent took a little more time, only because I had to grate the bar of soap.  

One bar of Dr. Bonner's Soap (I used peppermint this time)

1 cup washing soda

1 cup baking soda

But, within 10 minutes, I was able to make the laundry detergent, get Coralyn a piece of gum, remind her that I was working right now and not going to play with her, take a picture of my book, redirect Coralyn yet again, and type this blog post.  A productive start to nap time, I would say!!! 

Now, to deal with my relentless daughter.  I have a feeling that might not be as quick as making my homemade detergents.  Definitely not as easy!!! :)